Backend Engineer

Company Profile
XpressBees– a logistics company started in 2015 – is amongst the fastest growing companies of its
sector. While we started off rather humbly in the space of ecommerce B2C logistics, the last 5 years
have seen us steadily progress towards expanding our presence. Our vision to evolve into a strong full-
service logistics organization reflects itself in our new lines of business like 3PL, B2B Xpress and cross
border operations.
Our strong domain expertise and constant focus on meaningful innovation have helped us rapidly evolve
as the most trusted logistics partner of India. We have progressively carved our way towards best-in-
class technology platforms, an extensive network reach, and a seamless last mile management system.
While on this aggressive growth path, we seek to become the one-stop-shop for end-to-end logistics
solutions. Our big focus areas for the very near future include strengthening our presence as service
providers of choice and leveraging the power of technology to improve efficiencies for our clients.
Job Description 
XB is looking for driven & talented engineers to build highly scalable, reliable and performant cloud-
based platforms to drive the logistics business. You will have opportunities to make a big impact at XB
on the software solutions being built for Logistics businesses. We build a variety of technology products
that span multiple businesses. 
The challenges that SDEs at XB solve are big (handle 50 Lakh shipments per day!) and influence the E-
Commerce business in India in coming years. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about
creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the fast pace
of the company. The challenges span areas like highly scalable and reliable orchestration
platforms, Client Integration API frameworks, Billing Solutions, Workforce Engagement. Further you may
solve complex optimization problems like Vehicle routing, Allocation, Network Optimization etc. 
Roles & Responsibilities 

 You will be responsible for working with cross functional teams to deep dive into the
business and technology problems related to our portfolio of products, understanding the
gaps that exist in our current tools, and work within our team and with partner teams to
design best in class solutions.  
 You will have the opportunity to influence, invent, and design system architecture
across multiple product and technology spaces. 
 You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building
the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. 
 You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into
a technical solution.  
 You will own portions of software deliverables including major critical path code from
your designs while finding opportunities to grow and mentor the team around you. 
 You will collaborate with other engineering leads and guide the team on software
development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build.  
 You will own the end-to-end design of major deliverables, working closely with a team
of SDEs and Front-End Engineers to execute them. This is a high visibility and fast-paced
environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the
bottom line of the company. 

 
 You should have a commanding understanding of object-oriented design, data
structures and algorithms which you use to mentor a team of engineers. You should have
experience with agile methodologies, experience building scalable services and robust user
interfaces. We make extensive use of AWS Services (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, etc.) and
prior experience is a plus. Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (like angular,
react, backbone, and node.js) would be a plus. 

Qualifications 

 Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for
scalability, performance, and reliability. 
 Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's 
 Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural
vision and software quality. 
 Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior
management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs,
and product strategy. 
 Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been
successfully delivered to customers. 
 Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full
software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control
management, build processes, testing, and operations. 
 Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems 
 Deep understanding of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms and
complexity analysis. 
 Experience building large-scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered,
distributed environment. 
 Design and architecture expertise as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis and
design patterns (OOA/OOD). 
 Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

We are looking for a strong Java Developer to join our team! As a Java Developer, you will have to have a strong under-
standing of Java and the different frameworks like Spring, etc., and have experience working on Cloud and Containers.

The Developer will perform duties and tasks to support a complete life cycle management (example: Analysis, Technical
Requirements, Design, Coding, Testing and implementation of Systems, etc.).
The Developer will work closely with the Product and Technical teams across different regions primarily Europe and will

be part of an Agile Team. The role includes research and Continuous Development of new Products based on new Tech-
nologies. This position collaborates with the operations team routinely and henceforth excellent English communication

skills (bothwritten and verbal) are essential.
 A clean coder who will always leave the code in better shape than they found it.
 A curious person who never stops learning and loves to try new things, even when theydon’t succeed on the
first try
 A team-oriented developer with the motivation to bring out the best in others
 A person who shares our appreciation for transparency and is willing to share theirexperience and knowledge
for the benefit of the team
 Someone who is willing to take a stand for something they believe in.
 Somebody that takes pride in their work and knows that development is a craftsmanship
Duties & Responsibilities
 Conducts systems and requirements analysis, creates and contributes to task lists, cost and time analysis
 Performs assigned functions and tasks to meet project plan and quality review requirements.
 Raises issues as appropriate to support effective resolutions.
 Analyzes specifications and user requirements to perform assigned applications development work.
 Assists with system and componentdesigns to meet requirements.
 Participates and documents design and code reviews to improve quality.
 Analyzes, designs, codes, tests, and documents to develop application software.

 Develops unit tests and unit test plans to deliver quality code.
 Performs applications maintenance and support functions to support problem resolution.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related field
• 4-7 years of experience working across different product domains in a product development/engineering role

• Good communication skills necessary to manage business requests and work with different teams across differ-
ent geographies and time-zones; experience working with remote and distributed teams will be an added ad-
vantage

• Hands-on working knowledge and experience is requiredin:
a. Java (Spring, Spring Boot, etc.)
b. Experience working in GCP or AWS or Azure
c. Experience working in Containers & Unix Platforms
d. Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, etc.)
e. Messaging (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka etc.)
f. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
g. Understanding of Microservices Architecture, Domain Driver Design, Test Driven Development and
Secure Design patterns and architecture is a must
h. Data Structures and Algorithms using Java or other Programing Languages
i. Strong organizational skills
j. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
• Experience with several of the following tools/technologies is desirable:
a. GIT (Bit Bucket, Gitlab, etc.), Jira, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, SharePoint, Eclipse/IntelliJ.
b. Multiple Java technologies around Spring, Spring Bootetc.
c. Design Patterns and implementing the Design Patterns
d. Development of Complex Application and System Architectures
e. NoSQL Databases (Redis, Mongo, etc.)
f. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines with for example GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:
a. Other Programming Languages (NodeJS, etc.)
b. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools like Jenkins, Git, etc.
c. Application Servers like Tomcat, etc.
d. HTML5, CSS, AJAX, React
e. Full stack development
f. Secure Development based on OWASP standards

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with teammates to define, design, and shape new features.

2. Design and develop backend API microservices using Node.js.

3. Design and develop applications in an AWS and GCP environment.

4. Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

5. Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.

6. Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade the software.

Requirements

1. Solid experience in Node.js.

2. Good experience using frameworks such as Express.JS or Restify.

3. Willing to learn HapiJS.

4. Hands-on experience with JavaScript Development.

5. Able to work independently and carry out a task to achieve the design goal with minimal supervision.

6. Good programming skills and communications.

Job Description

Primary Skills

• Server Side (Java) & AWS serverless framework.
• Must have hands-on experience on serverless framework.
• Design knowledge/experience of cloud-based web application. Familiarity with software design representation tools like astah, visio etc.
• Must have good experience on AWS (Overall knowledge, EC2 Volume, EC2 Security Group, EC2 AMI, Lambda, S3, AWSbackup, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, IAM, SecretsManager, StepFunction, CostExplorer, KMS, VPC/Subnet)
• Understanding business requirements w.r.t UI/UX.
• Working experience on development/staging/production servers.
• Good testing and verification skills
• Knowledge on SSL certificates and encryption.
• Knowledge on Docker containerization.

Soft Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and writing communication skills.
• Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
• Should have skills to understand and analyzecustomers requirements and expectations.
• Must have experience in interaction with customer
• Work experiences with international cross-culture teams (Good to have)

Secondary SKills

• Scripting using Python
• Good to have knowledge of identity management
• UI/UX
• Knowledge of ReactJS/typescript/bootstrap
• Understanding business usecases w.r.t UI/UX
• Fixing issues wrt to integration on cloud(front end/back end/system/services APIs)

Experience : 1-3 years

Location : Andheri east, Mumbai

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 days

Responsibilities :

- Create algorithms from scratch.

- Create products and backend API's as described by the business team.

- Back-test and create a hypothesis as desired by the research team.

- Code the backend of logics for consumption by the UI team.

- Deploy websockets, Django, rest API's & dynamic TCP, UDP based data flow.

- Deployment and maintenance of codes with version control.

Storypedia is a modern story-telling platform with an engaged readership of 15 Million per month and a follower base of just over a Million on Facebook. We tell stories to Millennials in the format they like, language they understand and in quick bites. We have our pulse firmly on the audience and for brands, campaigns and business managers; there is no better way to reach this audience. Since the world of advertising is seeing a revolution where direct advertising is viewed with skepticism, more and more brands are looking for native mention of their products and campaigns. Our value proposition to brands is simple. We can get them in front of the right audience and compel the audience to engage, through content and use of technology. We are looking for developers who can work in a fast paced environment, think out of the box for arriving at the end goal, and constantly thinking ahead on how to keep the platform agile, and ahead of the competition.